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Feb 22, 2011 · Discovery was partly named after one of two vessels used by British explorer James Cook during his voyages in the South Pacific in the 1770s. One of these journeys eventually led Cook to discover ...
Apr 27, 2022 · A look inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket. (Image credit: Karl Tate/SPACE.com) The workhorse rocket of the SpaceX fleet is the Falcon 9, and one of its features is ...
J.J. Thomson and the discovery of the electron. In the late 19 th century, physicist J.J. Thomson began experimenting with cathode ray tubes. Cathode ray tubes are sealed glass tubes from which most of the air has been evacuated.
Spacecraft ( Bus and Sunshield) James Webb Space Telescope mission logo. The James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. Its high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments allow it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [10]
May 4, 2023 · Leading theory may be in doubt. New research ultimately poses more questions than it answers. Scientists have eliminated one possible origin for Earth's continents. Despite the importance of Earth ...
May 6, 2015 · View the video. Earth — a planet of oceans, rivers and rainforests — grew up in an interplanetary desert. When the solar system formed about 4.6 billion years ago, shards of calcium- and ...
Jun 5, 2023 · Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet in the solar system. Although Uranus is visible to the naked eye, it was long mistaken as a star because of the planet's ...
